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Generalized Hermite beams in free space
V.V. Kotlyar, V.A. Soifer, S.N. Khonina
Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS

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Pages: 31-36.

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Abstract:
The paper shows that the known two types of Hermite-Gaussian light beams, which, when propagating in space, retain their structure while varying in scale, are a special case of the generalized Hermite beams. It shows that individual Hermite-Gaussian modes can be generated efficiently by the phase elements with the transmission equal to the sign function of the corresponding Hermite polynomial.

Citation:
Kotlyar VV, Khonina SN, Soifer VA. Generalized Hermite beams in free space. Computer Optics 1997; 17: 31-36.

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